Is this a serial switcher? Some of the old, old switchers used a closure to activate/deactivate channels to output.

Are you using automation?

I don't know of anything specifically written for the BT 8.2 but any app what will send text to a com port will do it. I have done something similar using a terminal program that does scripting. We used to do scheduled serial commands all the time with ProcommPlus scripting but I assume that it is long, long in the past.

If there is a stand alone app aimed at the 8.2 I would be interested in it myself.

I assume that you can still send text to a com port via the command line but haven't done it since early winders versions.

If you use a USB to serial port adapter, be aware that sometimes your port # will change for absolutely no reason.

It has both contact closure and serial port control and communicates via ASCII commands. Pretty basic stuff...you could probably write something to send command strings on a clock fairly easily, even in BASIC. I've got one of their SS 8.2 units in the basement that came with a bunch of other stuff from a decommissioned site, and if it works I'll see if I can conjure something up.

What exact model do you have?

As Kevin noted above, you're best bet is to control this from a computer with an actual serial port since the USB dongles can "move".